Antoine Magnol was a French physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 and botanist who was born in Montpellier

Montpellier

-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

. He was the son of famed botanist Pierre Magnol

Pierre Magnol

Pierre Magnol was a French botanist. He was born in the city of Montpellier, where he lived and worked for the biggest part of his life. He eventually became Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden of Montpellier and even held a seat in the Académie Royale des Sciences de...

 (1638–1715), whom he replaced as chair at the University of Montpellier

University of Montpellier

The University of Montpellier was a French university in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France. Its present-day successor universities are the University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III.-History:The university...

 in 1715. Antoine Magnol held this position at Montpellier

Montpellier

-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

in an official capacity until his death in 1759.

He is largely known for his posthumous edition of his father's works, which included the 1720 publication of Novus caracter plantarum. Written works by Antoine Magnol include:

• Dissertatio de naturali secretione bilis in jecore (Montpellier, 1719)
• De natura et causis fluiditatis sanguinis naturalis et deperditæ (Montpellier, 1741)